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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cHARLEs E. HEATH, or wEsT BRIGHTON, NEw YORKI DUST-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming'l part of Letters Patent No. 224,334, dated February 10, 1880.

Application filed January 9, 1880.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. HEATH, ot?

West Brighton, in the county of Richmond into which the toe of the foot is to be placed to hold the pan while the dust is swept into the pan. In this instance the loop is rigid, or nearly so, and it only allows the front part of the foot to be placed sidewise into such loop.

I combine with the dust-pan a handleand a spring foot-piece, that serves for supporting the back end of the dustpan, and for holding the pan inline, or nearly so, with the foot, and for applying the downward pressure upon the foot-piece to hold the edge of the dust-pan to the floor, and at the same time to give to it a slight lateral` sliding motion, to causeV it to clear away any particles of grit that may intervene between the edge ofthe dust-pan and the tloor, thus rendering the pan more efficient than heretofore.

In the drawings, Figure l is a section of the dust-pan and side view ofthe handle and footpiece, and Fig. 2. is an inverted plan of the dust-pan.

The pan may be of any desired size or shape. That which is shown has a bottom, a, and rim b at the back and sides.

The handle c and foot-piece d are in one, and either of sheet metal or wire, bent to correspond generally to the outline of the sheet metal, as shown.

rI he handle and foot-piece are secured to the back of the dust-pan either'by rivets passing through the metal of the handle and through the rim, or, in case where wire is used, a sheet- `metal clip receives the wire and is soldered to the rim and extends beneath the back part of the dust-pan, so as not to be easily pulled ott' when in use.'

The handle portion c is of a suitable shape for grasping with the hand. `The foot-piece extends backwardly from the pan, and it slopes downward sufficiently to support the pan at an inclination. and for the outer or back end ot' the foot-piece to rest upon the oor when the foot is not upon the foot-piece, as .shown in Fig. 1. When the foot is passed from the rear in between the handle and spring footpieceand pressed down upon said foot-piece, the latter is brought down dat upon the floor, and the portion ot' the foot-piece next the dustpan springs, and a certain definite and limited force is applied to hold the dustpan down in the position shown by dotted lines.l

This preventsV injury to the pan or foot-piece by undue pressurel upon the foot-piece, and at the same time the edge of the dust-pan is slid forward laterally a small amount, vso that any slight obstruction, such as particles of' grit, are worked out, and the edge of the dustpan is brought into intimate contact with the iloor or carpet, so that dust can be easily swept into the pan by the person that is holding the dust-.pan with the foot.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with the dust-pan, of a a handle and foot-piece in one, both extending to the rear of the pan, the foot-piece havinga downward inclination and resting at the rear end upon the oor, and being made of spring metal, so as to'yield and come down liat on the floor bythe pressure of the foot, substan' 

